Art

VISUAL ARTS K-6

Woodbury Elementary School

Jayne H. Donahue

Art is such an amazing and creative outlet for all students here at Woodbury Elementary School. I am proud to have the privilege of meeting with our students one day per week to explore the Visual Arts. Each year students learn about the basic Principles of Art and Elements of Design.These are:

Students are always encouraged to work at their own pace; yet complete all lessons. Artwork is on display throughout the school year round and the school holds two art shows & music concerts annually. These are open to the public.

I was hired in the year 2000 as Visual Arts Teacher and have thoroughly enjoyed each year. It is a unique position to teach all students for the seven years they attend Woodbury School. How rewarding to watch these kids grow up over so many years discovering their creative side.

I have been connected to education since 1983 when I graduated from college with a BA degree; holding a Studio Art / Education major and a minor in Art History. Presently, I teach at four Elementary schools; grades K-8.

On a personal note: I live in Greensboro Bend, VT; on a 275 acre farm, where my husband and I raise Black Angus beef, enjoy our horses, produce eggs, and tend 3 acres of gardens. Often, I integrate harvested produce and flowers grown on my farm into art lessons. Nature as seen through the eyes of a child is a wonderful and creative way to express oneself.

My Philosophy of Education

An elementary educator needs to be creative through all areas and aspects of education, yet flexible for meeting individual needs.

Our communities, homes, schools, and churches must be a major contribution to Education. An education program should reflect the needs of students’ horizons for a broader world.

The environment is very important, with all people working together and learning to share throughout all aspects of each day towards a life-long commitment to Education.

Consistency, with these aims, will lead to students’ developing an awareness of themselves and their own roles in the world.

If my students can walk away from my Art classes with one awareness; this would be, to never give up on a dream and most important to discover themselves. Self-respect, will lead to respect of all others.

Woodbury Elementary School is committed to maintaining an accessible website.

We are committed to ensuring that this website achieves “Level AA” conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. As we add more content to the site, we will be checking for conformance through the use of the WebAIM tool. We are aware of some areas on the website where we could improve accessibility. We are currently working to achieve this. We hope that this website will achieve “Level AA” conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 by June 21, 2021.

Our proposed timeline for implementing further accessibility:

Need for Improvement

Timeline

School Communications (slideshow, newsletters)

June 2021

Machine Readable .pdf's

July 2021

Videos Captioned

August 2021

WebAIM Compliance Check-up & Planning

October 2021

Full WCAG 2.0 Level AA Compliance

December 2021

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